Good points. Take a look at storagereview.com and you'll see that lately a few manufacturers are making drives that are notably quieter and cooler than others. If Outlaw was careful they might be able to make it work. Also it occurred to me that a sort of TiVo-ish thing would also be possible, where one could time shift or store favorite radio shows etc.

If it was NAS aware this would all be doable too though. Maybe the disk could spin down if not used or be an option? And definiately should be mixed media device, or else you're me-to-ing Turtle Beach.